Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol
Key numbers
- Possession 77% – 23%
- Shots 20 (10 on target) – 10 (2)
- Decisive moment: 9' Ferran Torres, FN xPts +0.4
Ferran Torres 9'
Ferran Torres 25'
Lamine Yamal 87'
Marcus Rashford 89'
Ferran Torres 25'
Lamine Yamal 87'
Marcus Rashford 89'
HT 2:0
Pol Lozano 56'
Barcelona 1st · 79 pts|Espanyol 10th · 38 pts
Barcelona won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.81–1.17).
Player of the matchLamine YamalDecisive moment9' Ferran Torres+0.4
Player of the match
Lamine Yamal Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.3 (Dominant)
Game state
Barcelona ahead 81 min · level 9 min · Espanyol ahead 0 min
- Marcus Rashford — off the bench 26 min · 1G 0A
- Frenkie de Jong — off the bench 12 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
9'
Ferran Torres
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Lamine Yamal +0.1
+0.4
25'
Ferran Torres
Goal · assist Lamine Yamal
+0.2
56'
Pol Lozano
Goal
+0.1
87'
Lamine Yamal
Goal
+0.1
89'
Marcus Rashford
Goal · assist Frenkie de Jong
0.0
Barcelona
Expected (last two seasons) 2.5Own moments +0.7Opponent moments −0.2Time effect 0.0→ League points won 3
Espanyol
Expected (last two seasons) 0.4Own moments +0.1Opponent moments −0.5Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
BarcelonaEspanyol
77%Possession23%
2.81Expected goals (xG)1.17
0.14xG per shot0.12
20Shots10
10Shots on target2
50%Shots on target %20%
16Shots in box10
728Passes200
92%Pass accuracy74%
7Corners5
2Saves5
10Fouls18
3Yellow cards6
4Offsides2
Compared with usual
Barcelona
46 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 2.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 2.81 | 2.2 | |
| xG against | 1.17 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 20 | 18.8 | |
| On target | 10 | 7.2 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 9.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 77% | 67.7% | |
| Passes | 728 | 637.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 92% | 89% | |
| Corners | 7 | 7 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 9.5 |
Espanyol
last 21 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1.6 | |
| xG | 1.17 | 0.98 | |
| xG against | 2.81 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 10 | 12.3 | |
| On target | 2 | 3.5 | |
| Shots faced | 20 | 12.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 23% | 44.4% | low |
| Passes | 200 | 365 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 74% | 77.8% | |
| Corners | 5 | 5.1 | |
| Fouls | 18 | 13.8 |
Timeline
- 9' Goal Ferran Torres league goal #13 assist Lamine Yamal
- 25' Goal Ferran Torres league goal #14 assist Lamine Yamal
- 32' Yellow Pablo Gavi
- 32' Yellow Omar El Hilali
- 34' Yellow Edu Expósito
- 45' Yellow Cyril Ngonge
- 45+3' Yellow Eric García
- 46' Sub Gerard Martín → Marc Casadó
- 46' Sub Tyrhys Dolan → Roberto Fernández
- 49' Yellow Marc Casadó
- 56' Goal Pol Lozano league goal #2
- 58' Yellow Pol Lozano
- 64' Sub Alejandro Balde → João Cancelo
- 64' Sub Pablo Gavi → Marcus Rashford
- 64' Sub Cyril Ngonge → Rubén Sánchez
- 71' Sub Kike García → Pere Milla
- 71' Sub Edu Expósito → Ramón Terrats
- 74' Sub Ferran Torres → Dani Olmo
- 80' Sub Pol Lozano → Charles Pickel
- 83' Yellow Fernando Calero
- 84' Sub Fermín López → Frenkie de Jong
- 87' Goal Lamine Yamal league goal #15
- 89' Goal Marcus Rashford league goal #6 assist Frenkie de Jong
- 90+2' Yellow Urko González
Category leaders
- Key passesLamine Yamal3
- Duels wonPedri11/13
- DribblesLamine Yamal8/12
- Defensive actionsLeandro Cabrera7
- ShotsFermín López5 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonPablo Gavi5
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.